My wife has a VZW account, and an aging RAZR V3c that she'd like to
upgrade. She also has an ancient Palm which has survived 2 generic Chinese
battery replacements and again has no battery life. She has a bunch of
medical software on her Palm that she'd like to continue using without the
hassle of changing platforms. (Yes, I understand that Palm OS is in its
death throes). Still, it occurred to me that she could kill two birds
with one stone by getting the Treo 755p.

Her current plan suits her minimal cellular needs - voice and text
messaging only. Even if she were to upgrade to a smartphone, she has no
need for web browsing, video, Get It Now, etc ... all she would be
doing would be combining her Palm PDA with her cellphone in one box.

Is this doable? Would Verizon activate a Treo without a data plan?
I am aware that many Verizon handsets have various things disabled in
order to force you to pay to use Verizon's services to accomplish them.
Are any of the Palm features crippled - i.e. any gotchas that would prevent
her from loading her Palm software using her laptop and a data cable by
simply hotsyncing alone, just as she does now?